Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index ...

In men, a WC increase of approximately 11 cm (e.g., comparing a WC of 100.8 cm versus 90 ... By comparison, a BMI increase of 3.7 kg/m 2 (e.g., comparing BMI of 27.7 kg/m 2 versus 24 kg/m 2 ...

Among the 2,225 adults in the study, all under 60 years of age, 39.7% had obesity as defined only by higher BMI, while 39.1% ...